Christianity is the religion of large part of the population in Minya Governorate in Egypt. The Copts made up 19.4% of the population in the year 1914 and even today they form the majority in some parts of the governorate, as Copts presently account approximately 40% of Minya Government region. There exists a Minya eparchy of the Coptic Catholic Church, which is part of the Roman Catholic Church. Antonios Naguib, the Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts, was born in in 1935.The area also has a quite large Protestant population.